Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Has there even been a more perfect union than peanut butter and chocolate? Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies are one of the best ways to satisfy this popular craving. Milk chocolate is the preferred chocolate when it comes to peanut butter, but for those who want to take the edge off the sweetness, a dark chocolate chunk makes for a nice partner in this peanut butter cookie dough. You can actually take your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe and swap one half cup of the butter for one half cup of peanut butter. You are simply exchanging one fat for another. To really make things interesting use an extra chunky peanut butter. Yum! This is the best peanut butter cookie recipe.

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

INGREDIENTS:

• 1/2 Cup Unsalted Butter
• 1/2 Cup chunky or smooth Peanut Butter
• 1 Cup packed Brown Sugar
• 1/2 Cup Granulated Sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
• 1/2 tsp Fine Sea Salt
• 2 tsp Baking Powder
• 2 1/4 Cups All-Purpose Flour
• 1 package 10-12 oz Chocolate Chips

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 375°.
2. In a separate glass bowl, sift or mix flour, salt and baking powder together. Set aside.
3. In a new glass bowl microwave butter until soft and can be stirred. Do not melt! Stir butter until blended.
4. Cream softened butter, peanut butter and sugars together on medium speed with mixer until light and fluffy.
5. Add eggs one at a time, beating between each egg.
6. Add extracts and mix until well blended.
7. With mixer on, add dry ingredients in small amounts and mix just until blended.
8. Add chocolate chips.
9. Drop 1 ½” dough balls onto greased or parchment lined cookie sheet.
10. Bake 8-9 minutes or until edges are golden brown. (just the edges!)Let the cookies sit on cookie sheet 3-5 minutes before transferring to wire rack.
11. Start over on cool cookie sheet.

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